On The Road

~ Gottfried

Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive with good music. Before you head out, it’s imperative to take out time to curate the ideal playlist, so that the correct songs are cued as you arrive your destination. Can’t be pulling up to the driveway blasting Adele’s “Hello from the other side”. 

It doesn’t matter how old you are, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year old given a wad of cash. Don’t buy things for a road trip because you need them, you buy them because they might come in handy. And that’s all that matters. 

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? Road trips are the best because the whole family gets to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places. Fuel up, vibe out and argue passionately.

The goal is to die with memories, not dreams. Roads were made for journeys not destinations. They’re the equivalent of human wings. You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. When nothing goes right, go left. 

Road trips are the only time where getting lost is not a bug, but a feature. You can’t take Google Maps too literally, one time I nearly drove off a cliff. Worst part was the map kept reiterating that in twenty meters, my destination would be on the left. Murderous map trying to take my life.

If you don’t sweat while driving then you’re not paying attention to the road at all. Sometimes I get road rage just pushing a shopping cart in a supermarket. Some people call it road rage, I call it expressing my feelings in a way that won’t be misunderstood. A lot of people suffer from road rage. 

Not me. I happen to enjoy it. 

©️ Gottfried. All rights reserved

30 thoughts on “On The Road”

  2. Write ups like this light up my day. Especially the aspect of curating the best play list. Although I would prefer to be among the road maniacs. What do I know! I dont even own a bicycle.

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  3. “Route 66 Dancing and Singing Around The World at 66”

    What A Timely Post Mr Gottfried as Usual Synchronicity hehe

    For me at least Yep A-Causal Connecting Principle Only Psychologically
    Meaningful to me Yes HAha So If You like Go Ahead and Nap Through This

    Indeed All 153 Months Now of my Own Version of “Route 66” Yep
    Meeting the Milestone and Featnote of 66 Years of Age on June 6th

    23,866 MiLes of Public Dancing Dear Lord Just Riding the Wave
    Of Spiraling Flowing Meditative Movement Sort of like the Milky

    Way or a Sufi Dervish Without Rules Yep Just 1 Thousand and
    5 Miles Away from the Distance around the Equator Albeit of Course
    Just Driving the Spiraling Dance FRiEnDS With Gravity on Smooth Store
    Dance Floors While my Wife Embarks on Innumerable Shopping Expeditions too

    i Cannot Afford any
    Road Rage on Smooth
    Store Dance Floors
    Word Would Get
    Out and that “Forrest
    Gump Story” Would No
    Longer Be Real Now to Do

    Just Riding the Free Waves
    Now Of FRiEnDS With Gravity Most
    All Good Consequences come from Balance..:)

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  4. Stealing this for my dashboard : ‘Roads were made for journeys not destinations ‘.

    Adele at the driveway is a vibe killer, but I didn’t say that.

    In your words again ‘ The goal is to die with memories, not dreams ‘ and definitely not with Google maps saying ‘in 20 meters, your destination is on the left’ while you’re mid-cliff.

    #Witty road-rage energy😂#

    Memories –> Dreams–> Playlists –>Everything else 🥱

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  7. You don’t sweat while driving because you drive a functional car with a good air conditioning system and also your excretory and digestive system decides to act right.

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  8. I love road trips as long as my only responsibilities are choosing the music and asking, ‘Are we there yet?’

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